Tigers complete rare West Indies whitewash

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Bangladesh captain Shakib Al Hasan poses with the trophy after winning the third and final ODI against West Indies at Warner Park in Bassterre Friday. — AFP photo

Bangladesh survived a tense finish to complete unprecedented one-day whitewash of hosts West Indies after winning the final match of the series by three wickets at Warner Park in St. Kitts early Saturday (BdST), reports bdnews24.com.
Chasing 249, the Tigers reached the target with seven balls to spare.
The result ensured the tourists made a rare clean sweep of the hosts, who also lost the two-match Test series.
After given a tremendous platform by the opening pair of Tamim Iqbal and Junaed Siddique (50 in seven overs), the wheels started to fall off.
Half the side was gone by the 25th over, and only a fightback by the lower-order enabled Bangladesh to win the series in comprehensive fashion.
Opener Junaed Siddique top-scored with 55 off 73 balls while Mahmudullah Riyad, who scored the winning runs, finished unbeaten on 51 off 70 balls.
Deservedly, he won the man-of the-match award.
Though captain Shakib Al Hasan failed to make a contribution with the bat for a change, he still managed to add a man of the series award to his growing collection.
Mahmudullah featured in two vital stands to enable Bangladesh to cross the finish line. He added vital 50 runs for the sixth wicket with Mushfiqur Rahim (31) and then 49 runs with Naeem Islam for the next stand before the latter fell for a useful 22-ball 26.
Kemar Roach was the best of the West Indies bowlers with 4-63.
In the post-match ceremony, Shakib said that they were looking forward to the series and he was happy that they had won the series.
He was also happy with the fact that someone or the other raised their hands up in times of need and were counted.
Man of the match Mahmudullah said that he enjoyed the knock as he scored a half-century after some time and felt that he enjoyed his batting as the series was already won.
West Indies skipper Reifer thought another 15-20 runs would have made the difference and more partnerships were required at the top order and he congratulated the Bangladesh team on winning the series.
Earlier, West Indies opener Andre Fletcher hit a maiden ODI fifty to help the home side recover from an initial setback after winning the toss to post a fighting 248 all out in 47.4 overs.
Handed the new ball, medium pacer Mahbubul Alam gave the visitors the perfect start when he trapped debutant Kieran Powell leg before for a duck after bowling his very first delivery wide.
Then new-ball pair Nazmul Hossain cleaned up Devon Smith's stumps with the first delivery of his second over to leave West Indies tottering at 10-2 in 3.1 overs.